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tar⋅ry

1[tar-ee] verb, -ried, -ry⋅ing, noun, plural -ries.
–verb (used without object)
1. to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
2. to delay or be tardy in acting, starting, coming, etc.; linger or loiter.
3. to wait.
–verb (used with object)
4. Archaic. to wait for.
–noun
5. a stay; sojourn.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME taryen to delay, tary a delay < ?


tar⋅ri⋅er, noun


1. rest, lodge, stop, abide. 3. See wait.


1. leave.

tar⋅ry

2[tahr-ee]
–adjective, -ri⋅er, -ri⋅est.
of or like tar; smeared with tar.

Origin:
1545–55; tar 1 + -y 1


tar⋅ri⋅ness, noun
tar·ry 1   (tār'ē)   
v.   tar·ried, tar·ry·ing, tar·ries

v.   intr.
  1. To delay or be late in going, coming, or doing. See Synonyms at stay1.
  2. To wait.
  3. To remain or stay temporarily, as in a place; sojourn.
v.   tr. Archaic
To wait for; await.
n.  A temporary stay; a sojourn.

[Middle English tarien.]
tar'ri·er n.
tar·ry 2   (tär'ē)   
adj.   tar·ri·er, tar·ri·est
Of, resembling, or covered with tar.

Tarry

Tar"ry\, a. [From Tar, n.] Consisting of, or covered with, tar; like tar.

Tarry

Tar"ry\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tarried; p. pr. & vb. n. Tarrying.] [OE. tarien to irritate (see Tarre); but with a change of sense probably due to confusion with OE. targen to delay, OF. targier, fr. (assumed) LL. tardicare, fr. L. tardare to make slow, to tarry, fr. tardus slow. Cf. Tardy.]

1. To stay or remain behind; to wait.

Tarry ye for us, until we come again. --Ex. xxiv. 14.

2. To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.

Come down unto me, tarry not. --Gen. xic. 9.

One tarried here, there hurried one. --Emerson.

3. To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.

Tarry all night, and wash your feet. --Gen. xix. 2.

Syn: To abide; continue; lodge; await; loiter.

Tarry

Tar"ry\, v. t. 1. To delay; to defer; to put off. [Obs.]

Tarry us here no longer than to-morrow. --Chaucer.

2. To wait for; to stay or stop for. [Archaic]

He that will have a cake out of the wheat must needs tarry the grinding. --Shak.

He plodded on, . . . tarrying no further question. --Sir W. Scott.

Tarry

Tar"ry\, n. Stay; stop; delay. [Obs.] --E. Lodge.
Language Translation for : tarry
Spanish: alquitranado, embreado,
German: teerig,
Japanese: タールの

tarry  (v.)
c.1320, "to delay, retard," of uncertain origin. Some suggest a connection to L. tardare "to delay," or O.E. tergan "to vex, irritate." Intrans. meaning "to linger" is attested from c.1390.
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